Isla's words made the silence that came after, unbearable for the duke.
Yes, he intended to replace his wife with Annalise as the duchess and wife, but he could not tell her that unless her words about him being heartless would seem true.
In the end, he couldn't say anything and just stared at his wife, who had become an unfamiliar person entirely.
The duchess he knows never questions him this much. Once he gives an answer, she takes it. She was innocent in his eyes, but this person in his front did not seem surprised nor behaved in the way he expected.
He could feel a large distance between them that he had not noticed until now.
''You knew?'' He asked softly. He came to that conclusion.
She did not say a word, but somewhere in his mind, he concluded that she was aware of his affair.
